Slice of Heaven - The original of this piece was a collaborative effort in a very popular series. I completed the background and Michele added the trees. We had one of...
Summit County Aspens - I think the title says it all :) A beautiful fall day up in Breckenridge, aspens exploding with color. Raised silver metal highlights the peaks and...
The tree trunks on the original Moonlight Serenade are made out of sheet music cut into tapered shapes and decoupaged onto the painted background. This size and orientation is popular because it fits...
The original Silver Mountains was created with a background entirely made with imitation silver leaf. The ground below the mountains was textured first and the sky has the texture of the canvas...
Crescent Aspen Notes is part of a series where Michele used sheet music to create tree trunks. It all started with a stack of 1940's sheet music from an estate sale. She cut, painted...
Singing Aspens/Birch in Blue is part of a series where Michele used sheet music to create tree trunks. It all started with a stack of 1940's sheet music from an estate sale. She...
Singing Aspens in Gray/Winter Mountains originated from a stack of 1940's sheet music purchased at an estate sale. Michele had planned on using them as the background for some mixed media pieces....
Navy and Rust Aspens- The original was created using sheet music that I bought at an estate sale from the 1920's! I made the trees large so you could see...
The original Aspen Grove was a collaborative piece Michele and I created. I did all the heavy lifting and painted the background (ha, ha) and she came in and put finishing touches...
Rocky Mountains Under Patina Sky has a dream-like yet grounded feel to it. The acid oxidized copper paints that I used for the clouds gives it sleepy quality especially with the...
Rusted Earth Mountains has been my most popular series in the past couple of years. On the original the sky was created using imitation silver leaf for the background. The clouds were then rendered...
The original Fall Aspens is one of a very successful series Michele and I collaborated on. I created the background sky, mountains and earth using acrylic paints and acid oxidized paints. Michele finished the...
The original Desert Sky Mountains was inspired by the time I've spent doing shows and exploring the southwestern desert landscape. I love being outside camping there in the winter. Like many snowbirds...
The original Colorado Autumn Map was painted on a folding road map of Colorado. It was one of the first two that I painted intending on having it professionally photographed for reproductions. The other one is...
The original Colorado Spring Map was painted on a folding Colorado road map. You can see the fold lines in the painting. The was one of the first of two maps I painted...
The original Colorado Singing Aspens Map was painted over a Colorado map emphasizing the "Rocky Mountains". This collaborative piece brought together two of our most popular series: my map paintings and Michele's...
The original Colorado Slate Map is one of my newer Colorado map paintings utilizing a different, less detailed map than previous ones. I liked the emphasis on the "Rocky Mountains" cutting diagonally through the...
The original Arizona Moonlight Saguaros was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. If you look closely you can see the fold lines in the painting. I painted this one at...
The original Arizona Full Moon was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. This is one of the first of two Arizona map paintings I painted, and still one of the most...
The original Arizona Sunset Saguaros was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. A raised copper bead is used to uniquely embellish each piece. Copper works well with this piece for...
The original Arizona Milky Way was painted on a folding road map of Arizona. The Milky Way was painted directly over the Grand Canyon just like it looked on my visits to this incredible natural wonder...
The original New Mexico gray Mountains was painted on a road map of New Mexico. I painted it from the view of the back side of the Sandia Mountains. The...
The original New Mexico Moon, Mountains, Shooting Star was painted on a road map of New Mexico. I love using this scene and color scheme with the mountain maps. It...
The "Mountain Hybrid Series" is called this because it's a Giclee' (reproduction) background on a wood/canvas frame. However, the mountain itself is a 10 step process that is entirely hand crafted. Because of this, the...
The "Mountain Hybrid Series" is called this because it's a Giclee' (reproduction) background on a wood/canvas frame. However, the mountain itself is a 10 step process that is entirely hand crafted. Because of this, the...
The "Mountain Hybrid Series" is called this because it's a Giclee' (reproduction) background on a wood/canvas frame. However, the mountain itself is a 10 step process that is entirely hand crafted. Because of this, the...
Blue and Brass Mountain Hybrid - The "Mountain Hybrid Series" has been a popular new concept for us. The originals had a good response with our customers, but the price was prohibitive to...
California Mountain Map California Mountain Map is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but...
Blue Crescent Notes - the original was done using sheet music on top of a painted mountain. Crescent notes- they type of moon and notes- connoting music notes used for...
Long Skinny Aspens - Sheet music was used to create the tree trunks because I think it resembles the bark of aspen and birch trees so well. I also love...
Purple Sky Buffalo is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but at...
Black Sky Buffalo is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but at a...
Winter Colorado Map is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process. This added dimension makes it look like the original but at...
